14 Marriage Devotional: Forgiveness
Marriage After God
Aaron & Jennifer Smith
4.9 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 21 January 2026
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Today on the Marriage After God podcast, we talk about why forgiveness is essential to a thriving marriage. We explore what biblical forgiveness really is — and what it isn’t — and why withholding forgiveness quietly builds walls between spouses. We share how humility, repentance, and grace work together to bring healing and restore intimacy. Our hope is to encourage every couple to practice forgiveness as a daily reflection of God’s mercy toward us.
In this episode-
- Forgiveness is vital for a healthy, lasting marriage.
- Forgiveness does not excuse sin — it releases the debt.
- God’s grace empowers us to forgive what feels impossible.
- Humility and repentance open the door to reconciliation.
- Withholding forgiveness creates distance and division.
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Keywords: forgiveness, marriage, reconciliation, grace, biblical teaching, communication, humility, healing, intimacy, spiritual growth
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, I'm Aaron. |
| 0:01.5 | And I'm Jennifer. |
| 0:02.3 | And we're the host of the Marriage After God podcast. |
| 0:04.2 | Our desire is to help you cultivate a marriage that chases boldly after God's will for your life together. |
| 0:08.5 | We want to invite you to subscribe to our show wherever you watch or listen. |
| 0:12.2 | We are so glad you're here, and we pray that our discussion truly blesses you and your marriage. |
| 0:16.5 | Welcome to the Marriage After God podcast. |
| 0:26.3 | Thank you. Welcome to the Marriage After God podcast. Welcome back to another week of Marriage After God. |
| 0:29.1 | We are on week 14 of the marriage devotional series that we've been going through. |
| 0:34.5 | And today's topic is an important one in marriage. |
| 0:38.1 | One of the most. And it's about forgiveness. So, uh, yeah, why don't you encourage them with? Well, before we get |
| 0:44.9 | into the, this very important topic, we've been trying to remind you that you can go to shop. |
| 0:50.0 | com and you know, show them the devotionals. You can pick up the devotionals that this entire series is based on. There's 30 chapters in each. What's amazing is you guys can do these together. You can go through them, write your own answers in the spots on the pages. There's a spot for notes taking. The books are awesome. So you don't need them to go through this because we're going through it with you. |
| 1:12.6 | But if you want them, we encourage you to get them. |
| 1:14.4 | It supports our show and it supports your marriage. |
| 1:16.6 | So we're talking about forgiveness. |
| 1:19.5 | Like I said, probably one of the most important topics. |
| 1:21.6 | I mean, our salvation is based on forgiveness. So it makes sense that we're talking about forgiveness. |
| 1:25.0 | And how much of us need that in our marriage? |
| 1:27.3 | Every single one of us. |
| 1:28.4 | Always. |
| 1:28.8 | All of us. |
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